Mayor Jon Mitchell announced that the City of New Bedford has been awarded $2,090,727 in homeless assistance funding by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), as part of a competitive grant process under HUD’s Continuum of Care Program. Read the complete PRESS RELEASE here. [ Continue reading. ]
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2023 STREETSHEET IS AVAILABLE!
The City of New Bedford's Office of Housing & Community Development has released the 2023 StreetSheet. Go to the HSPN Resource Page to access a copy of the sheet in English, Portuguese and Spanish. Hard copies of the StreetSheets are also available upon request by contacting Jennifer.Clarke@newbedford-ma.gov. (Copies are available while quantities last). [ Continue reading. ]
COLD WEATHER OVERFLOW SHELTER – WINTER 2021-2022
Overiew prepared by Steppingstone, Inc. Steppingstone Inc. is providing emergency shelter through a Cold Weather Overflow Shelter Project to unsheltered homeless at a local motel (with a total of 25-30 units set aside for the overflow shelter). This will be offered when there is no vacancy at either of the Catholic Social Services’ (CSS) Shelters. The following information is provided to ensure clarity as to how the Cold Weather Overflow shelter will operate this season: Conditions Activating the Shelter. The Cold Weather Overflow Shelter [ Continue reading. ]
2022 HSPN MEMBERSHIP NOW OPEN
If you're interested in joining the City of New Bedford's Homeless Service Provider Network (HSPN), now is your opportunity! The 2022 HSPN Membership Form is available HERE in a convenient fillable format. Simply complete the application and either mail it in to Jennifer.Clarke@newbedford-ma.gov or drop it in the mail to the HSPN c/o the City of New Bedford's Office of Housing & Community Development, 608 Pleasant Street, New Bedford MA 02740. All received applications will be presented to the HSPN's Executive Committee for final review and [ Continue reading. ]
SISTER ROSE AWARD ANNOUNCED FOR 2021
The HSPN presented its Annual Sister Rose Award for 2021 to Patrick J. Sullivan during its virtual January HSPN membership meeting. The award recognizes an outstanding current or former member of the New Bedford HSPN or member agency staff and is named in honor of its first recipient, Sister Rose Ellen Gallogly, former Executive Director of Market Ministries (renamed the Sister Rose House) and one of the founding members of the HSPN. Mr. Sullivan was recognized for his almost three decades of service as Director of the Office of Housing & [ Continue reading. ]
2021 CONSOLIDATED APPLICATION PACKAGE
The MA-505 CoC Consolidated Application is now available! As discussed at its October 2021 monthly HSPN membership meeting, the New Bedford 2021 CoC Consolidated Application materials are now available on this site. All materials were submitted to HUD on Wednesday, November 10, 2021. You may access all three components of the Consolidated Application through the following links: The complete 2021 APPLICATION PACKAGE COMPLETE a single document that combines all of the separate sections provided here: The CoC Application The CoC [ Continue reading. ]
EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHERS :: Round #1 Open
Emergency Housing Vouchers – Round #1 Applications Being Accepted As has been discussed for several months in HSPN monthly meetings, this is to advise you that applications will be accepted for Round #1 of the Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) program beginning Monday, November 8th through Monday, November 22nd. Every inquiry and every application begins with New Bedford Coordinated Entry open Monday - Fridays from 8.30am - 5.00pm (except Veterans Day) and may be reached at 508.999.4757 beginning November 8th. If you are a case manager or are [ Continue reading. ]
2021 RANKING of COC PROPOSALS
The City of New Bedford’s HSPN has received, reviewed and voted on the 2021 Final CoC Rank and Order of Projects. the HSPN’s Performance Review Committee (PRC) comprised of HSPN members with no relationship–financial or otherwise–to any of the applicants for funding in the FY2021 round received, reviewed, vetted, evaluated, scored and ranked all applications for this competition. There were three new applications received in this competition round, two of which were expansion projects. One project eligible for renewal in this round, Transition to [ Continue reading. ]
2021 COC RANKING AND REVIEW PROCESS
The process used by the CoC in the review, evaluation and ranking of renewal, new and reallocation projects is annually updated and made available to the CoC, project applicants and the community. The 2021 Ranking and Review Process is available here: NB COC REVIEW and RANKING PROCESS.2021 [ Continue reading. ]
COC 2021 REALLOCATION PLAN
REALLOCATION PLAN In anticipation of each CoC funding cycle, the City of New Bedford’s Continuum of Care (Homeless Service Provider’s Network or “HSPN”) issues its guidance regarding its policies/process for the reallocation of funding from an existing project to a higher performing and/or new permanent housing project. A copy of the CoC’s 2021 Reallocation Plan can be downloaded here: NB COC REALLOCATION PLAN.2021. [ Continue reading. ]
